Okay, as you all know, we have a recurring feature here at the Move to Suma breathlessly covering any news about celebrities making the move to suburban idyll.
And we’re doing pretty good. Here’s our tally so far:
- Tom Cruise
- Elisabeth Hasselbeck
- Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively
- Usher
- Jay-Z and Beyonce
- Jonah Hill
- Any Winehouse (before, umm, she died, but that was TOTALLY unrelated)
So we’re clearly not along in our decision to get out of the big city and move to the land of big lawns and rooms that we never actually use.
Now, we’re proud to add someone new to the list: Alicia Keys! From Curbed:
Grammy-collecting R&B singer-songwriter Alicia Keys and her producer husband Swizz Beatz have apparently had enough of the concrete jungle where dreams are made, having just dropped about $12M on the opulent (if flinchingly over-designed) New Jersey estate of comedian Eddie Murphy. Bubble Hill, in Englewood, N.J., is a seven-bedroom estate with all the benefits of being rich and in the ‘burbs; the 25,000-square-foot manse boasts a recording studio, two-lane bowling alley, indoor pool, billiards room, spa, and tennis court. Murphy had been trying to sell his 30-room mansion for nearly eight years before a mystery buyer (mystery until now, that is) made an offer in May. Keys, who was born and raised in NYC, seems to be rather fond of star-studded real estate, having picked up Lenny Kravitz’s SoHo duplex penthouse more than two years ago. (She recently listed it for $17.95M.)
Most importantly, catch that last part: she’s putting her Soho duplex on the market after only two years. In other words, leaving Soho for Englewood! To paraphrase a popular song:
Let’s hear it for Su-Burbs!
Pick-et fences where dreams are made of.
There’s nothing you can’t do!
Alicia Keys — Welcome to the suburbs!
